The Resilient Minneapolis Project will enable three Minneapolis community sites to install rooftop solar, a battery energy storage system, and microgrid controls on their buildings. Read on to learn more.
Energy Access and Equity
Xcel Energy’s proposed pilot project would provide equitable assistance to 23,000 homes
Xcel Energy recently filed an automatic bill credit petition, which would increase energy affordability and equity in 77 census blocks across Minnesota.
Meet MNCIFA, Minnesota’s new green bank
The Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority is now providing funding to build clean energy and climate projects in Minnesota more quickly and ensure benefits are realized by historically underserved communities.
Meet MN EEFA, a Minnesota coalition focused on energy equity in housing
The Minnesota Multifamily Affordable Housing Energy Network (MMAHEN) has evolved into Minnesota Energy Efficiency for All (MN EEFA) to more deeply address issues of equity within energy and housing sectors.
How the Frontline Communities Protection Act advances environmental justice in Minnesota
The new environmental justice law will give some communities stronger regulatory protections against pollution.
Meet Adri, Fresh Energy’s Summer Fellow
Join us in welcoming Adri Arquin, a student at Stanford University who is helping advance environmental justice in Minnesota! Read more about Adri and what led him to join the team this summer.